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ECON 222 (Porca): Research

Harmonized Tariff Schedule Numbers

Trade balance

Tariff and Trade Databases

Other Potentially Useful Databases

Web searching

When searching using Google, here are some tips for limiting your searches.

-On Google, you have the option to limit your searches to just news or just books by clicking those options at top of the page, above your search results.

-You can limit your searches to just government information by tying in your search terms, followed by site:.gov

For example: [Tire exports site:.gov]

-You can also limit your searches to specific websites by typing in your search terms, followed by site: and the site url, like site:nytimes.com or site wsj.com

For example: [South Carolina exports site:nytimes.com]

For example: [Tariffs site:wsj.com]